Chinese Character 元 Meanings and components.

Form

元

Meaning

元 meaning[3] in English

Surname Yuan.

The Yuan Or Mongol Dynasty (1279-1368).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 元 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are one (一) , and surname Wu (兀)

Its radical[1] is: 儿 (er2) which means: Variant Of 人[Ren2], 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc, .儿er2variant of …

In cangjie it is written with MMU

How to write 元

To write元yuan2surname Yuan you should write a combination of 一yi1one , 兀wu4surname Wu arranged in a 吕 shape:

一 + 兀 = 元

元 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 元 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 元, looks as follow:

元
Pinyin:yuan2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Yuan . The Yuan Or Mongol Dynasty (1279-1368)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
兀
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Wu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
儿
Pinyin:er2
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 人[Ren2] . 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 10), Occurring In 兒, 兀, 兄 Etc

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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